When one is struck by the coronavirus, symptoms can range from none to fatal. But for the many million in between who are infected by the novel pathogen and then recover, just how damaging are the lingering effects?
, symptoms can range from none to fatal. But for the many million in between who are infected by the novel pathogen and then recover, just how damaging are the lingering effects?"Anytime you get really sick, it is possible that it affects your different organ systems, leaving varying degrees of compromise, or you may have none at all,” Dr. Eric Carter, physician and co-CEO of medical app DocClocker, told Fox News.
A medic of the Elmhurst Hospital Center medical team reacts after stepping outside of the emergency room, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York.at Fudan University in Shanghai and the New York Blood Center noted that when researchers instituted contact between coronavirus and lab-grown T lymphocytes – referred to as T cells – the virus paralyzed these critical cells, which help identify and expel pathogens in the body.
“Those with SARS pneumonia had shortness of breath and evidence of pulmonary fibrosis one month after infection. Most patients improved over time,” Berk continued. “Patients with SARS continued to excrete the virus, sometimes for more than 20 days. Those who had developed acute respiratory distress syndrome remained short of breath for months or for a lifetime.”
WASHINGTON CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGE AMONG HOMELESS SHELTER POPULATION, DEATH REPORTED AT COUNTY ISOLATION SITE And for those just weeks or months in recovery with now negative test results, it is not only the enduring physical ramifications – such as reported breathlessness, lung pain, or fatigue – that plague, but the psychological distress, isolation and fear of a relapse that medical professionals are monitoring.
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